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Nov 30, 2001 | 07:05 AM

JoeBoulder

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Spots on rear window?

My new coupe has small translucent spots all over the rear window that are fairly visible when viewed from inside at the right (wrong?) angles. At first I thought the dealership had spattered wax on the glass, but I couldn't clean it off from the outside or the inside.

I pointed them out to the guy who tinted my windows yesterday, and he said that they are actually small blemishes within the glass that sometimes form when the hot glass sheet is bent into the desired shape for the window. Does this sound right? Does anyone else have these? Am I too picky?

Nov 30, 2001 | 07:14 AM

MichaelTT

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Want to see them really well..put on polarized sunglasses...yea they are common..seemed to be more..

apparent on German made cars. Go figure

Nov 30, 2001 | 07:16 AM

42N8 TT

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Actually, it's the rare and coveted "leopard-style" rear window. An Audi exclusive!

Nov 30, 2001 | 08:10 AM

john s

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It's done during the heat strengthening process to prevent long shards of glass when broken.

Glass breaks into shorter curved pieces.

Nov 30, 2001 | 08:59 AM

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It is polarized glass. It reduces glare.

Speaking of fun with polarized sun glasses. Look at the GM and Pontiac front windshields. They look like gold or purple. Also look out of tinted window with ploarized glasses and you see a rainbow on every highlight.